կարճ

From Old Armenian կարճ (karč).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑɾt͡ʃ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑɾd͡ʒ/,

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կարճ • (karč) (superlative ամենակարճ)

1. short

   Antonym: երկար (erkar)

2. low
3. brief, succinct

• կարճաժամկետ (karčažamket)

J̌ahukyan following Bailey derives from Iranian, together with կիրճ (kirč). Compare Khotanese (ke̮ca, “cleft, ravine”), for which Bailey reconstructs *kart-čā- or *kirsta-, from the base *kart- (“to cut”).

կարճ • (karč)

1. short; little; short, brief, curt, concise, succinct, laconic

   կարճ հասակաւ ― karč hasakaw ― short in stature

   կարճոյ ճանապարհ ― karčoy čanaparh ― the shortest way

   ընդ կարճոյ գնալ ― ənd karčoy gnal ― to take the shortest or nearest way, to take a shortcut

   ի կարճոյ, կարճ ի կարճոյ ― i karčoy, karč i karčoy ― short, brief, abridged, summary; in short, briefly, in a few words, laconically, succinctly, summarily

   ի կարճոյ ― i karčoy ― in a short time, quickly

   ի կարճոյ հատանել ― i karčoy hatanel ― to cut short, to state in few words

• Armenian: կարճ (karč)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կարճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) “ke̮ca”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 65a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կարճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 394a